2025–26 Ivy League men's basketball season

2025–26 Ivy League
men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams8
TV partnerIvy League Digital Network
Regular season
League championsYale
  Runners-upHarvard
Season MVPNick Townsend, Yale
Tournament
ChampionsPenn
  Runners-upYale
Finals MVPTJ Power, Penn
2025–26 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Yale 11 – 3   .786 24 – 7   .774
Harvard 10 – 4   .714 17 – 12   .586
Penn † 9 – 5   .643 18 – 12   .600
Cornell 8 – 6   .571 15 – 13   .536
Columbia 5 – 9   .357 16 – 12   .571
Dartmouth 5 – 9   .357 11 – 16   .407
Princeton 5 – 9   .357 9 – 20   .310
Brown 3 – 11   .214 9 – 18   .333
† 2026 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2025–26 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902.[1][2]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous Job Seasons at school Overall record at school Ivy League record Ivy regular season championships Ivy tournament championships NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours
Brown Mike Martin 13th Penn (asst.) 162–184 (.468) 70–98 (.417) 0 0 0 0
Columbia Kevin Hovde 1st Florida (asst.) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 1[a]
Cornell Jon Jaques 2nd Cornell (assoc. HC) 18–11 (.621) 9–5 (.643) 0 0 0 0
Dartmouth David McLaughlin 10th Northeastern (asst.) 75–145 (.341) 36–76 (.321) 0 0 0 2[b]
Harvard Tommy Amaker 19th Michigan 304–194 (.610) 148–90 (.622) 7 0 4 0
Penn Fran McCaffery 1st Iowa 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 12[c] 0
Princeton Mitch Henderson 14th Northwestern (asst.) 251–133 (.654) 125–55 (.694) 4 2 2 0
Yale James Jones 26th Ohio (asst.) 418–319 (.567) 225–125 (.643) 7 4 5 0

Notes:

  • All conference titles are from time with current school, unless noted.
  • Overall and Ivy records are from time at current school through the end of the 2024–25 season.
  1. ^ As an assistant coach at Florida.
  2. ^ With Stonehill at the Division II level.
  3. ^ With Lehigh, UNCG, Siena, and Iowa.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

2025–26 Ivy League Preseason Poll[3][4][5]
Rank Team Points (First place votes)
1 Yale 168 (21)
2 Harvard 126
3 Cornell 124
4 Princeton 97
5 Dartmouth 72
6 Brown 68
7 Penn 66
8 Columbia 35

Players of the week

Conference matrix

Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Penn Princeton Yale
vs. Brown – 0−0 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 0−0 0–0
vs. Columbia 0−0 − 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 0−0 0–0
vs. Cornell 0−0 0−0 − 0−0 0–0 0−0 0−0 0–0
vs. Dartmouth 0−0 0−0 0−0 − 0–0 0−0 0−0 0–0
vs. Harvard 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−0 – 0−0 0−0 0–0
vs. Penn 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−0 0–0 − 0−0 0–0
vs. Princeton 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 − 0–0
vs. Yale 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 0−0 –
Total 0−0 0−0 0−0 0−0 0–0 0−0 0−0 0–0

Sources[22][23][24]

Honors and awards

All-Conference awards and teams

The Ivy League announced its all-conference teams and major honors on March 11, 2026.[25]

Honor Recipient
Player of the Year Nick Townsend, Yale
Coaching Staff of the Year Harvard
Yale
Defensive Player of the Year Casey Simmons, Yale
Rookie of the Year Connor Igoe, Columbia
First Team
Robert Hinton, Harvard
TJ Power, Penn
Nick Townsend, Yale
Jake Fiegen, Cornell
Landon Lewis, Brown
Second Team
Kenny Noland, Columbia
Cooper Noard, Cornell
Thomas Batties II, Harvard
Chandler Piggé, Harvard
Ethan Roberts, Penn
Isaac Celiscar, Yale
Honorable Mention Brandon Mitchell-Day, Dartmouth
Dalen Davis, Princeton
Casey Simmons, Yale

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

TBD

References

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  2. ^ "Timeline - Ivy League". www.ivyleaguesports.com.
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